China is about to get a senior position at International Monetary Fund, it was learned Wednesday from sources close to the matter, while Christine Lagarde, the new boss of the IMF, has pledged to give more power to emerging countries. According to sources at the IMF, China’s Zhu Min (朱民), who was deputy governor of […]
A spokesman for the People’s Bank of China (PBC), the Central Bank of China, said Wednesday that China welcomed the appointment of the French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde as new director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Brazil, Russia, India and China, four countries expected to drive global growth in the years to come. Grouped under the acronym “BRIC”, emerging economic powers fuel the greed of foreign companies.
Monday, June 13, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi for Italian opposition to the recognition of a Palestinian state at the UN, during a joint press conference in Rome.
The European Parliament has refused Wednesday to a very large majority the European budget freeze in coming years claimed by Great Britain with the support of France and Germany, and requested a 5% increase for the period 2014-2020.
Its fate was written: the Titanic II, a small yacht named in memory of the ship which sank in 1912, suffered the same fate during its maiden voyage in an English port, this time without casualties and without struck an iceberg.
Interpol called airlines to establish without delay an international database of passports to prevent further acts of terrorism similar to that of September 11, 2001.
Monday, June 6, South Korea’s Ban Ki-moon has formally requested the Security Council of the United Nations to support his candidacy for a second five-year term as Secretary General of the organisation.